Wrangling data can be a real pain, especially if you work with unstructured or semi-structured data. I had to convert a JSON object into an dataframe in R, which should be easy using jsonlite, but it was not - So I used tidyjson and I really like it.

In this tutorial you will learn how to build a basic "shitstorm" detection system for your facebook page. A shitstorm is also known as social media crisis or "getting flak on social media". Although, the term is mostly used in german speaking countries, I'll use it throughout this tutorial, because it is really expressive.

PiewDiePie announced to make a YouTube pause just a few moments ago, but he is still one of the best known human brands on YouTube. I tried to visualise the sentiment development of his video comments.

Apache Drill is a really easy to use dremel-based big-data analysis tool. So it's perfect if you have a lot of static data (read-only workloads) and want to use SQL. And the best of all: it does not require Hadoop/HDFS :)